ROME - The Vatican newspaper reported Saturday that a new Caravaggio painting may have been found in Rome, but cautioned that further analyses are required before it can be attributed for certain to the Italian master.Alec's breath caught in his throat as he read the headline. His instinct was quicker than his mind though and his finger was already ( Read more... )

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The birthmark is not placed where just about anyone might notice it, far from it. Still it is not on the marred side of his body and so has not disappeared under scar tissue. It is still there, to mock Alec and make him ask questions that have no answer ( Read more... )

Alec allows himself a sigh of pure satisfaction as he slips down into the pool until the water reaches his chin. The water is hot and at first its heat makes his skin prickle and sweat break out on his forehead. Then his body gets accustomed to it and it becomes pleasurable, very pleasurable, the heat loosening his always knotted muscles and making ( Read more... )

Alec walks aimlessly around the house, keenly feeling its silence and its emptiness. His steps take him to the living room, to the large mirror that has replaced the one he broke months ago in a moment of drunken rage ( Read more... )

A man like me doesn't dream about a house, he buys it and shapes it to fit his will ( Read more... )

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So hard to do this, but it's not like Ranuccio anyone is ever going to read it, is it?

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Early mornings for Alec are a no man's land, a milky grayish limbo suspended between night and day, a tug of war between choosing to live and staying with the shadows ( Read more... )